Mickey Thompson US Marines Funny Car

[Katsusauce]

16 minutes ago, Twokidsnosleep said:

Stupendous!

This is an an amazing build 👍🏻😎❤️

Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏

[Katsusauce]

Body is done. 

I used decals from the Atlantis kit, as well as decals from Chuck Boerner, and Slixx. 

Paint is All Nipon Airways Light Pearl Blue with Acme Finish1 2k matte clear. 

Edited August 24 by Katsusauce

[Zen]

Wow, looks great! Curious on why the matte clear?

[Katsusauce]

12 hours ago, Zen said:

Wow, looks great! Curious on why the matte clear?

So originally I was going to shoot it with 2k clear, and make it shine....but the more I looked at the car with only the raw paint, the look grew on me.

And I knew I needed to shoot a clear over it to protect the paint and especially the decals, and that's why I decided to keep it the raw paint look with the 2k matte. 

[Straightliner59]

I just saw this car on a replay of the '76 Gatornationals on Roku! 

[Ulf]

Build of the year! I really like the raw expression that the slightly matte body gives, race cars were really raw in the past. 

[Dave Ambrose]

On 8/24/2025 at 8:21 PM, Katsusauce said:

So originally I was going to shoot it with 2k clear, and make it shine....but the more I looked at the car with only the raw paint, the look grew on me.

And I knew I needed to shoot a clear over it to protect the paint and especially the decals, and that's why I decided to keep it the raw paint look with the 2k matte. 

I've shot race cars with satin finish to good effect too. Race cars weren't generally polished unless they were there for show. 

[Katsusauce]

On 8/29/2025 at 10:27 AM, Ulf said:

Build of the year! I really like the raw expression that the slightly matte body gives, race cars were really raw in the past. 

Thanks dude!

I tried my best to push this build to the limits of my skills.